Selkirk Sport will donate 1,000 paddles to schools, youth organizations, first responders and charitable organizations to support the growth of pickleball at the grassroots level. The company has also doubled the player-incentive pool to $300,000 for the upcoming US Open Pickleball Championships.

New bocce and pickleball courts, a tennis lounge, and a children’s rec room with climbing wall are just some of the new features being touted by the Modesto, Calif. club as part of its re-imagining. “Every club goes through generational shifts,” said General Manager Duncan Reno. “We’re reinventing to serve our future and millennials.”

The Jacksonville, Fla., club will embark on a three-phase project that will start with clubhouse dining options, for both a casual restaurant and its banquet facilities. Phase Two will re-grass the golf course, address drainage and redesign the fifth hole. The final phase will renovate the fitness/tennis building and add a year-round, ultra-casual dining facility…

The three-year renovation and rebranding of the former Montecito CC in Santa Barbara, Calif. includes a Jack Nicklaus Signature Course, 4,800 sq.-ft. ballroom, 6,500 sq.-ft. fitness center with a “Kids Club,” a state-of-the-art screening room and movie theatre, the state’s largest private-club pool complex, and an AMF Bowling Alley complete with arcade games. Ty Warner—…

In addition to its arrangement with the Braselton, Ga. property, Cliff Drysdale has also partnered with the United States Tennis Association to continue growing the sport, especially among younger players.

Tennis now has plenty of company from other racquet sports that are also quickly gaining popularity at club and resort properties, including platform tennis and the new kid on the block— pickleball.

(Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii, Minneapolis Star Tribune) The Minneapolis (Minn.) Park Board has released new concept plans for public comment that are designed to drastically reduce the amount of water that has to be pumped from the property, which is below the level of Lake Hiawatha and periodically floods.

An 18,000-sq.-ft. Sports Center & Spa at the Naples, Fla., club will encompass golf and tennis operations, the Blue Zones-certified fitness, wellness & spa offerings, as well as the club’s swimming pool. The refurbishment of the club’s tennis facility will result in 10 tennis courts, an exhibition court and four pickleball courts. Three bocce courts…

Fitness, swimming pools and dining—both indoor and outdoor—took center stage as five country clubs in Florida’s Treasure Coast region shared updates on how their particular design and operating challenges were addressed and overcome.

A complete overhaul of its classic clubhouse is helping the Indian Wells, Calif. property develop new “inner strength” to properly complement its stunning surroundings. 

Designed by the golf architecture firm of Hills-Forrest-Smith, the 2.5-acre area at the Bonita Springs, Fla., property will provide pitching, chipping and bunker practice from various distances and approaches. The club also recently approved a $6.6 million renovation of its Bay Island course.

The Par-54 Design—named No. 7 at the Scottsdale, Ariz. property—will be one of only two private, par-54 rated courses in the U.S. and will feature a lighted putting green. A new family-centric clubhouse will include an indoor-outdoor gastropub, state-of-the-art sound system, and two bocce ball courts.

The Chicagoland and South Florida clubs join properties such as Columbus (Ga.) Country Club and Canebrake Country Club in Hattiesburg, Miss., under the ClubLife Management portfolio. PGA National Members Club offers five PGA championship golf courses and is the home of the PGA TOUR’s Honda Classic.

Through the project, the Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. property has renovated its Arnold Palmer Signature golf course, refurbished and modernized its Grande Clubhouse, and opened a Tennis Complex. A multipurpose restaurant to serve golfers at the Turn Station, swimmers at the poolside window and other casual diners is scheduled to open by spring of 2019,…

Held in conjunction with the Merchandise Show from January 23-25 in Orlando, Fla., the conference will bring together racquet and paddle sports brands, professionals and industry leaders. As the 2019 PGA Show approached, it was also announced that the National Golf Course Owners Association will co-locate its annual Golf Business Conference with the Merchandise Show,…